Partnership (Admissions, THINK TANK, Financial Aid & Math department)
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• Partnership (Admissions, THINK TANK, Financial Aid & Math department)
• Students placed below college algebra based on ALEKS assessment exam
• Based on past students and research• Scoring below college algebra is an indicator for
attrition.
• 28% nationally test below college algebra; 30% of UA incoming freshmen class
• Low math scores ≠ low success in college
• Previously students went to Pima Community College• Last year, UA offered MATH 100AX & SAS 100AX but
it did not include current components of the program• Reviewed previous cohorts and found what impacted
students’ attrition:• Financial• Transition into college
• S4S Goals• Proactive, organized, self regulated, problem solving
students = retention
MATH 100AX• Students choose how they want to progress
through ALEKS• MATH 100AX (Beginning Algebra) in the Fall, MATH
100B (Intermediate Algebra) in the SpringOR
• Both MATH 100AX and MATH 100B in the Fall semester.
The ALEKS Pie
A sample problem from ALEKS
The ALEKS Pie
Elluminate• Virtual Classroom• Students can talk, and listen, to a UTA • Work problems on a “tablet”, and
share with other students and instructors
SAS 100AX• Support class that meets twice a week• Two objectives
1) Help students progress through their present MATH 100AX class
2) Prepare students to be successful in future "lecture” based classes like
College Algebra
Topics Include• Math Anxiety• Note Making• Understanding math textbooks• Effective approaches to homework• Strategies for preparing and taking tests• Reducing and managing test anxiety
SAS 100AX• The key to success is not in high
intelligence, but in an intelligent approach
What we do as Learning Specialists• Meet one-on-one with students five times during semester• Assess study habits • Identify how students allocate their time • Develop academic and personal goals (Student Learning Outcomes)• Academic Skill Building • Learning Strategies (Test Taking, Note Taking, etc.)• Help students learn their study cycle and how to self-monitor • Academic Coaching • Using framework of Student Development and Choice Theory• Help students become self-advocates and better navigators of campus
resources• Track student’s use of THINK TANK resources via TutorTrac software
What we do as Learning Specialists• First Appointment: Build rapport
• Dual partnership• Get to know students through Student Self Awareness
Inventory (SSAI)• Establish goals• Guide students to start utilizing campus resources• My Inspiration Board
• Help students find and connect to their purpose as college students
• Personalized service based on individual needs
What we do as Learning Specialists• Student Self-Awareness Inventory (SSAI)• 50 item iPad questionnaire (provides both quantitative and
qualitative data): Uploaded into Campus Labs. • Informs us about academic and personal habits in high school• Other things that may potentially affect the student in college• Informs us about family, work and other life commitments
and networks of support• Provides background information for establishing Student
Learning Outcomes
What we do as Learning Specialists
• Student Learning Outcomes • Provide challenge and structure• Negotiation • Respectful• Doable• Provides something we can build on
Tapping and Building Characteristics of a Successful Students
• Proactive• Organized• Self-regulated learners• Problem solvers
Contact UsMary Venezia: S4S Project Manager
venezia@email.arizona.edu
Larry Kull: Math Support Serviceslpkull@email.arizona.edu
the THINK TANK thinktank.arizona.edu(520) 626-0530
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